, 1887-01-04
WORLD OF SPORTS.


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Inirc Athletics.
Eel. 3.-Jack Fogarty was knocked out by
Jack Dempsey, in twentp-six rounds, at New
York city, FOR Si,50u and The middleweight
championship. Feb. l6-Jem Smith and
ALI Greenfield. 10th Of England, fought thir-
teen rounds neas thantilly, France. The
referee decided il "a draw. March l4-Jack
Dempsey whipped George LeBlnnchc, the
Marine. So al iarrhinnat, +. | The result of
the fight lcu Dempsey theHrei lutcd middle
weight champion -. lie mitsd States.
March - -roulls Nari,li defeated Tommy
Barnes for tlc iraih-rNvsighi clainpion-
ship oil ia world. al -Mill Crsk, forty
SIX miles NOM LOUIS, lie. Ky, ia forty
rounds. July Peter j Nolan beat
Jack Burke. the Irish Lad" i'll eight
rounds al Chester 9ars. Cincinnati.
July 81. Jal Liiiaii asf4- "a Jarl. Ashton. the
providence wonder, ii,i-Ii rounds at Ridge
wood park, Brooklyn. Sept. ls.-John L. sulli-
van defeated Frank Heard in two rounds at Al.
legheny City, Pa. Oct. sJ.-Johnny McAuiirc. OF
BROOKLYN, defeated Bily Frazier. of Somervillc,
Mass, at Boston, for the lightweight champion
ship Of the United States, knocking him out in
the twenty-flst round. In the same ring Isaac
Weir, the belfast Spider defeated James F.
FUN. of Bangor. Me, in four rounds. for the
New lngland featherweight championship. Nov.
13.-fatdy Ryan was knocked ont by John l..
Sulliv.p at the Mechanics Pavilion. San Fran
cisco, IL three rounds. Nov. % -Dominick Me
Caffny knocked Sparrow" Golden out of time
in eleven rounds at II New Jersey hamlet within "A
few miles Of New York city.
Jan. gU.-Jacob Schaefer, the billiard expert,
defeated Maurice Nignnux, of France, at New
York. App. 3.-The Cambridge University boat
crew beat the oxford crew on the Thames eng
land course from Putney to Mortlake. May IA
Ben Ali wins the Kentucky Derby. My 10
Myers, the American runner, defeated George for
the third time at one mile, thereby winning
the championship. June ip.-J. b. Haggins' bay
colt Ban Fox, with Hayward up, won the Coney
Island Derby. June 2g.-The Puritan won the race
for first class sloops in the Eastern yacht club ut
Marblehead, Mass. July 2.-Nale defeated Har-
colleges at New London, Conn. Sept. William
Beach defeated John Tcemer for the worlds
aquatic championship, over the Thames course.
London, England. Sept 1.-THE international
yacht race was won by the Mayflower, the Amer
lea cup thus remaining in this country. Sept. Is.
George W. Lee, of New Jersey, beat Neil Matter
son, of Australia, on the Thames river, England.
Sept. -Bea beat Gaudaur over the Thames
championship course, London, England. Sept
1S.-The M%ayfiower won the race for first class
yachts in the Newport regatta, defeating the Gal
atea and Puritan. Sept. 2o.-William Beach, OF
Australia, defeated Wallace Ross for the cham
pionship of the world over the Thames course,
London, England. Time, 23:05. Oct. Wv. G..
George defeated Cummings In n ten mile foot
race ut birmingham, England. Oct. 0.-The Chi
cago club won the League baseball championship
pennant, the Utica club took the International
championship, while the st Louis Browns again
carried OF the honors in the American associa-
ton. Oct 3-At ST. Louis tho st. Louis Browns,
champions of the American Association, defeated
the Chicago club, the League champions, for the
fourth time, thus winning the worlds baseball
championship and the entire receipts OF the six
games played. Nov. E.-Yale beat Princeton at
football ON the ~latterls grounds by one touchdown.
Princeton protested